A transgender activist and community organizer from Michoacán, Mexico, who has lived in North Carolina for more than 30 years, was detained by ICE following a traffic stop in Franklinton and transferred to Stewart Detention Center in Georgia. She is recognized for founding and directing Fuerza y Unión Múltiple (FUM), an organization supporting transgender people in rural areas, and for her long history of organizing at the North Carolina General Assembly on behalf of immigrant and LGBTQ communities. A fundraising campaign was launched to support her legal defense and detention-related expenses, with Raleigh Immigration Law Firm providing legal representation.